Innovation and productivity in U.S. coal mining

Productivity in Natural Resource Industries: Improvement through Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 35-72

  Darmstadter, Joel ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

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EID: 85069875309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315060774-6     Document Type: Chapter

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